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Global Media Awards finalists
Editor’s note: Finalists below are listed alphabetically. These entries are open to the public through May 10.
Category 1: Best Brand Awareness Campaign
Regional/Local Brand
- Fædrelandsvennen, Kristiansand, Norway, “Behind a Story”
- Manorama Online, Kottayam, India, “Chumma MO It!”
- Nieuwsblad, Antwerp, Belgium, “The Green Playground”
- Rheinische Post Mediengruppe, Düsseldorf, Germany, “Düsseldorf Geht Aus: An Innovative, Cross-Channel Project That Brings Local Gastronomy to Life”
- Toronto Star, Canada, “City of Stars: A Commemorative Masterpiece for the 50th Anniversary of TIFF”
National/International Brands
- Dainik Jagran, New Delhi, India, “The Hindi Operating System”
- Dow Jones, New York, United States, “WSJ+ Fortune Favors The Ambitious Brand Campaign”
- The Hindu, Chennai, India, “The Hindu Written By Journalists”
- Prothom Alo, Dhaka, Bangladesh, “HHH: Heads Held High”
- Sydney Morning Herald/The Age, North Sydney, Australia, “Good Food”
Category 2: Best Public Relations or Community Service Campaign
Regional/Local Brand
- Amar Ujala, Noida, India, “Tanav Mukt Pariksha (Stress Free Exams)”
- Nieuwsblad, Antwerp, Belgium, “The Green Playground”
- The Philadelphia Inquirer, United States, “Philly Gives”
- Russmedia, Schwarzach, Austria, “Vorarlberger Pflegeaward”
- Winnipeg Free Press, Canada, “Media Literacy and Learning Project ”
National/International Brands
- Beobachter, Zürich, Switzerland, “Prämienticker”
- Dainik Jagran, New Delhi, India, “The Architects of Tomorrow”
- News Corp, Brisbane, Australia, “Let Them Be Kids”
- Prothom Alo, Dhaka, Bangladesh, “Guiding Light: Rewriting Futures in Bangladesh’s Forgotten Regions”
- Stuff Group, Auckland, New Zealand, “Swimming Campaign”
Category 3: Best Use of an Event to Build a News Brand
Regional/Local Brand
- The Hindu, Chennai, India, “The Hindu: Made of Chennai”
- Media24, Cape Town, South Africa, “Saturday Night Fitness”
- El Nuevo Día, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, “Al Son de Aquí”
- The Philadelphia Inquirer, United States, “ Inquirer Food Fest”
- Stuff Group, Wellington, New Zealand, “The Post: The Power of Proximity”
National/International Brands
- BusinessDesk, Auckland, New Zealand, “BusinessDesk CEO Index Awards: Finding Leadership Among Our Leaders”
- Dainik Jagran, New Delhi, India, “Lights. Cities. Action”
- Prothom Alo, Dhaka, Bangladesh, “NextGen Achievers: Recognizing and Inspiring the Next Generation of Leaders”
- The Wall Street Journal, London, United Kingdom, “WSJ Tech Live in California & Qatar, 2025”
- Die Zeit, Hamburg, Germany, “Zeit Verbrechen Live Tour 2025: From Headphones to Arenas — Scaling Intimacy for 25,000 Fans”
Category 4: Best Idea to Encourage Reader Engagement
Regional/Local Brand
- Augsburger Allgemeine, Augsburg, Germany, “Future Week”
- Bonnier News Local & Gota Media, Stockholm, Sweden, “The Core Model”
- Dainik Jagran, New Delhi, India, “The People Without a Name”
- Newsday, Melville, United States, “Dangerous Roads: Driving Engagement Through Multi-Department Approach to Investigation”
- The Times of India, Kolkata, India, “I am Kolkata, Amar Para”
National/International Brands
- Blick, Zürich, Switzerland, “Spin to Win: Leveraging Loss Aversion and Gamification to Triple User Registration Rates”
- Dainik Jagran, New Delhi, India, “Lights. Cities. Action”
- HT Digital, New Delhi, India, “Intelligent Notification System with Reinforcement Learning”
- Politiken, Copenhagen, Denmark, “Voter Poster Generator”
- Die Zeit, Berlin, Germany, “Plan D”
Category 5: Best Initiative to Bolster Next-Generation Readership
Regional/Local Brand
- Augsburger Allgemeine/augsburg.tv, Augsburg, Germany, “Rocketeer Kids Reporter”
- Bergens Tidende, Norway, “The People’s Prejudices: Turning Audience Assumptions into Political Journalism”
- Fædrelandsvennen, Kristiansand, Norway, “FVN Young — Breaking the Feed”
- Funke Mediengruppe, Berlin, Germany, “Funke Future Audiences Lab”
- NTM, Norrköping, Sweden, “Winning the Young Ones”
National/International Brands
- Aftenposten, Oslo, Norway, “Aftenposten Education — From Zero to 35% Market Penetration in Five Months”
- Beobachter, Zürich, Switzerland, “From Taboo to Triumph: Beobachter’s Social-First Strategy Secures Next-Generation Readership”
- The Daily Star, Dhaka, Bangladesh, “National Newspaper Olympiad: Turning Reading Into a National Youth Movement”
- Nexo Jornal, São Paulo, Brazil, “Nexo no Enem 2025”
- South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, “Young Post Club”
Category 6: Best Use of Video
Regional/Local Brand
- A Gazeta, Vitória, Brazil, “Morro do Macaco Tragedy”
- GZH, Porto Alegre, Brazil, “GZH YouTube Streaming: Building a Hyperlocal Video-First News Channel in Southern Brazil”
- The New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand, “Herald NOW — Moving From a Newspaper to a TV Channel”
- Onmanorama, Kottayam, India, “How Many of You Know?”
- San Antonio Express-News, United States, “In a Minute”
National/International Brands
- Clarín, Buenos Aires, Argentina, “Mile 201: Patrolling the World’s Most Contested Maritime Frontier”
- The Quint, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, “Why Indian Cities Aren’t Walkable”
- The Straits Times, Singapore, “Vaping: The Invisible Crisis”
- The Times of India, New Delhi, India, “The Keeladi Story”
- VG, Oslo, Norway, “Reimagining Video for Premium Journalism”
Category 7: Best Use of Audio
Regional/Local Brand
- Bergens Tidende, Norway, “The Music Scene That Shocked the World: Beyond the Myth of Norwegian Black Metal”
- Dagblad van het Noorden, Groningen, Netherlands, “De Ware Jacob: How a Creative Small Team Created a Hit Podcast”
- Manorama Online, Kottayam, India, “MO Podcast: Audio Journalism Initiative”
- Nordwest Zeitung, Oldenburg, Germany, “The Local Botcast: AI-Powered, Fully Automated Botcast Workflow, Built for Regional Scalability”
- Russmedia, Schwarzach, Austria, “VOL.AT Playlist Feature”
National/International Brands
- Aller Media, Copenhagen, Denmark, “HULiGENNEM”
- O Globo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, “Caso Zero: Breaking 25 years of Silence in Brazil’s Most Controversial Medical Case”
- Irish Independent, Dublin, Ireland, “Just Between Us”
- News Corp, Sydney, Australia, “Dear Rachelle”
- Der Standard, Vienna, Austria, “Inside Austria: The Power of Far-Right Fraternities”
Category 8: Best Use of Print
Regional/Local Brand
- Dainik Jagran, New Delhi, India, “The People Without a Name”
- Hallandsposten, Halmstad, Sweden, “Reusing Print. Creating Something New”
- The Philadelphia Inquirer, United States, “Sunday Specials”
- The Times of India, New Delhi, India, “Thirukkural With The Times”
- Toronto Star, Canada, “City of Stars: A Commemorative Masterpiece for the 50th Anniversary of TIFF”
National/International Brands
- O Globo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, “The Centennial Edition: Brazil’s Largest Print Newspaper”
- News Corp, Brisbane, Australia, “Let Them Be Kids”
- South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, “From Ashes, Strength”
- The Straits Times, Singapore, “Inside the Confusing World of Women’s Clothing Sizes”
- Sydney Morning Herald/The Age, North Sydney, Australia, “Good Food”
Category 9: Best Use of Social Media
Regional/Local Brand
- Anandabazar.com, Kolkata, India, “Maruti Suzuki Arena Pujor First Look”
- GZH, Porto Alegre, Brazil, “Journalists as Creators: A Social Video Growth Strategy”
- Newsday, Melville, United States, “How Newsroom Personalities and Video Strategy Helped Newsday’s Facebook Following Increase by 194%”
- Reach, London, United Kingdom, “Why Substack is a Social Media — and How We Proved It”
- The Times of India, Kolkata, India, “I am Kolkata, Amar Para”
National/International Brands
- BBC News/Collective Newsroom, New Delhi, India, “Optimised Utilisation of Social Media Storytelling by BBC Hindi”
- The Financial Times, London, United Kingdom, “A Taste of Appetites: Engaging New Audiences through Creator-Led Social Media”
- El Observador, Montevideo, Uruguay, “How to Battle the Algorithm with a Starfish”
- VD News, Milan, Italy, “VD News: Engaging Italy’s Youth Through Social-First Storytelling”
- VG, Oslo, Norway, “VG Promotes Quality Journalism Without Influencers”
Category 10: Best Newsletter
Regional/Local Brand
- Aschendorff Medien, Münster, Germany, “Ortsgepräch Newsletter”
- The Boston Globe, United States, “Starting Point Newsletter”
- The Edinburgh Minute, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, “The Edinburgh Minute”
- Newsday, Melville, United States, “Fostering Conversations Through a Newsletter Dedicated to the Dangers of Long Island Roads”
- Tiroler Tageszeitung, Innsbruck, Austria, “WhatsApp Channel Unterhaus”
National/International Brands
- The Economist, London, United Kingdom, “The Economist Insider Newsletter”
- The Guardian, London, United Kingdom, “Saturday Edition for The Guardian”
- The Kyiv Independent, Kyiv, Ukraine, “The Kyiv Independent Ukraine Weekly Newsletter”
- Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, Sweden, “The Week With SvD”
- De Telegraaf, Amsterdam, Netherlands, “Don’t Just Get the News. Get Me”
Category 11: Best New Digital Product
Regional/Local Brand
- Bergens Tidende, Norway, “How Bergens Tidende Built the World’s Simplest Election Guide”
- Funke Mediengruppe, Hamburg, Germany, “IMTEST/Vertical Hub: from Print Niche to Digital Powerhouse”
- The Minnesota Star Tribune, Minneapolis, United States, “Strib Varsity”
- Münchener Merkur, Munich, Germany, “News Connect: Same journalism. New Interface. AI Native”
- Stavanger Aftenblad, Norway, “RUN: Covering Every Runner”
National/International Brands
- Bauer Media, Hamburg, Germany, “Toni OS & Eva AI”
- Bloomberg Media, New York, United States, “For You: Reimagining Personalization to Break the Algorithmic News Bubble”
- Clarín, Buenos Aires, Argentina, “Clarín 80: Reimagining a News Archive as a Living Digital Product”
- The Guardian, London, United Kingdom, “Guardian Secure Messaging”
- The New Yorker, United States, “The New Yorker’s Shuffalo”
Category 12: Best Product Iteration
Regional/Local Brand
- ACM/Explore, Sydney, Australia, “From Destination Site to Network Product: How Explore Travel Scaled Across 60+ Mastheads”
- Amedia, Oslo, Norway, “Scaling Video Across Amedia”
- Funke Mediengruppe, Berlin, Germany, “Audience First”
- Manorama Online, Kottayam, India, “Manorama Online News App”
- Stampen Media, Gothenburg, Sweden, “The Edition Reborn”
National/International Brands
- Bloomberg Media, New York, United States, “Bloomberg Search — From Scroll to Solution: Search That Gets You There”
- CNA, Mediacorp, Singapore, “CNA App Revamp”
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, “Reinventing Der Tag — How F.A.Z. Turned a Freemium News Product Into a Premium News Experience”
- Kauppalehti, Helsinki, Finland, “Kauppalehti Stock Market Service”
- Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich, Germany, “From EU Bot to Germany Election Assistant: Iterating AI Election Tools”
Category 13: Best Use of Generative AI
Regional/Local Brand
- Hearst Newspapers, San Francisco, United States, “How Hearst Newspapers Uses Generative AI to Expand Civic Coverage”
- Münchener Merkur, Munich, Germany, “The.Lab Agent Space: Human-in-the-Loop in AI-Augmented Storytelling”
- OVB Media, Rosenheim, Germany, “Breaking the Language Barrier at the Speed of the Tour de France”
- Stampen Media, Gothenburg, Sweden, “When Generative AI Became Everyone’s Job”
- Stuff Group, Christchurch, New Zealand, “Who Owns Christchurch”
National/International Brands
- Mediafin, Brussels, Belgium, “From Brief to Booked in Minutes: TrustIQ’s Responsible GenAI for Data-Driven Campaign Proposals”
- La Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina, “From Experimentation to Infrastructure: Generative AI at La Nación”
- The Nikkei Online Edition, Chiyoda-ku, Japan, “Ask! Nikkei: A Traceable AI Chatbot Driving Subscriber Engagement”
- The Telegraph, London, United Kingdom, “Segment-Aware Analytics”
- The Wall Street Journal, New York, United States, “Surfacing the Story: How WSJ’s ORCA Unlocks the Podcast Universe”
Category 14: Best Revenue Diversification Strategy
Regional/Local Brand
- Le Devoir, Montréal, Canada, “New Business Stream at Le Devoir”
- Funke Mediengruppe, Hamburg, Germany, “IMTEST/Vertical Hub: from Print Niche to Digital Powerhouse”
- News Corp, Melbourne, Australia, “Newscorp Price Harmonisation Program”
- NZME, Auckland, New Zealand, “Diversifying Solutions to Become Growth Partners”
- The Times of India Metro Supplements, Mumbai, India, “Bombay Times Lounge”
National/International Brands
- Australian Financial Review, North Sydney, Australia, “Financial Review for Business”
- Bild, Berlin, Germany, “Bild Kaufberater”
- Dainik Jagran, New Delhi, India, “Lights. Cities. Action”
- PolitiFact, St. Petersburg, United States, “Everyone Needs a Fact-Checker: PolitiFact’s Post-Meta Comeback”
- The Washington Post, United States, “Unlocking Growth with Flexible Access: Giving Customers More Ways to Pay for Journalism”
Category 15: Best Initiative to Grow Subscriptions
Regional/Local Brand
- Les Coops de l’information, Québec, Canada, “Pay What You Can Promotion”
- Funke Mediengruppe, Berlin, Germany, “Testing Monthly Pricing to Weekly Rates”
- Hearst Newspapers, New York, United States, “Next Best Action: How Hearst Newspapers Reimagined Subscription Growth”
- Stavanger Aftenblad, Norway, “Turning Runners Into Subscribers”
- Västerbottens-Kuriren (VK), Umea, Sweden, “Live for Locals: When You Don’t Have the Money to Buy the Game, You Change How the Game is Played”
National/International Brands
- The Kyiv Independent, Kyiv, Ukraine, “The Kyiv Independent Reader Revenue Growth Strategy”
- Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zürich, Switzerland, “More Than an App: How NZZ Built a Scalable Revenue Engine on Mobile”
- Politiken, Copenhagen, Denmark, “The Task Force”
- Der Spiegel, Hamburg, Germany, “Dynamic Pricing & Engagement Score: Personalizing the Subscription Journey”
- VG, Oslo, Norway, “730% Above Median: How One VG+ Journalist Scaled Subscription Journalism with AI — In One Day”
Category 16: Best Initiative to Engage and Retain Subscribers
Regional/Local Brand
- Funke Mediengruppe, Berlin, Germany, “Loyalty Score”
- Göteborgs-Posten, Gothenburg, Sweden, “Expanding Horizons to Increase Retention — From One Coastal City to Another”
- The Philadelphia Inquirer, United States, “Retaining Philadelphia Inquirer Subscribers Through Effective Engagement at High-Intent Cancellation Moments”
- Rheinische Post Mediengruppe, Düsseldorf, Germany, “RP DigitalFit Academy: Initiative for Sustainable Digital Competence over 60”
- Västerbottens-Kuriren (VK), Umea, Sweden, “Live for Locals: When You Don’t Have the Money to Buy the Game, You Change How the Game is Played”
National/International Brands
- Condé Nast, New York, United States, “Churn Deflection”
- The Guardian, London, United Kingdom, “Churn Risk Programme: Preventing Supporter Churn”
- Mediahuis, Antwerp, Belgium, “Mediahuis and RouteYou — a Strategic Win-Win”
- Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich, Germany, “User Needs at SZ”
- VG, Oslo, Norway, “Reimagining Video for Premium Journalism”
Category 17: Best Idea to Grow Advertising Sales or Revenue
Regional/Local Brand
- Funke Mediengruppe, Hamburg, Germany, “IMTEST/Vertical Hub: from Print Niche to Digital Powerhouse”
- News24, Cape Town, South Africa, “Lula and News24 Partnership”
- Newsday, Melville, United States, “Together Long Island: Brand360 Cause Marketing Initiative”
- Nordwest Mediengruppe, Oldenburg, Germany, “Unlocking Regional Potential: The HERO Transformation Journey”
- The Philadelphia Inquirer, United States, “Philly First + Changemaker Spotlight”
National/International Brands
- DPG Media, Amsterdam/Antwerp/Brussels, Netherlands/Belgium, “Ad Manager by DPG Media, a Local Alternative to Big Tech”
- Irish Independent, Dublin, Ireland, “In-Market: A First-Party Intent Strategy Built to Drive Real Business Outcomes”
- News Corp, Surry Hills, Australia, “Back Australia”
- Ozone, London, United Kingdom, “Premium World from Ozone”
- Stuff Group, Auckland, New Zealand, “HOW — Radio Show”
Category 18: Best Client Advertising Campaign
Regional/Local Brand
- ABP, Kolkata, India, “Trends Saj Parbon”
- GZH/Grupo RBS, Porto Alegre, Brazil, “Porto Alegre Marathon”
- New Zealand Media & Entertainment (NZME), Auckland, New Zealand, “TAB NZ | Owning the Moment with NZME and The ACC”
- NTM, Uppsala, Sweden, “Welcome to Gotland: When Stories Become Bookings”
- Russmedia, Schwarzach, Austria, “Story Premium — The Bodylight Campaign as Proof of Effective Client Advertising”
National/International Brands
- Amedia Innholdsbyrå, Oslo, Norway, “Norwegian Championship in Recycling — When Competition Becomes Learning”
- HT Media Labs, Delhi, India, “Best Client Advertising Campaign by Slurrp for USHA”
- The Irish Times Group, Dublin, Ireland, “The Irish Times and Ireland’s Greenest Places: Balancing Purpose and Commercial Partnership”
- SPH Content Lab, Singapore, “SG60 Past, Present, Future”
- Der Standard, Vienna, Austria, “KlimaTicket — One for All”
Category 19: Best Innovation in Newsroom Transformation
Regional/Local Brand
- Amedia, Oslo, Norway, “Scaling Video Across Amedia”
- Association of Independent Regional Press Publishers, Kyiv, Ukraine, “When Local Journalism Becomes Infrastructure: Building a Newsroom Operating System for Anti-Corruption Investigations During Wartime”
- Göteborgs-Posten, Gothenburg, Sweden, “The Sign”
- Houston Chronicle, United States, “Houston Chronicle Property Tax Guide: Converting Users by Saving Them Money”
- The New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand, “The NZ Herald’s Reinvented News Model: Our Newsroom Transformation”
National/International Brands
- Amedia, Oslo, Norway, “Trusting the Machine: How Amedia’s Front Editors Let Algorithms Rule — and Loved It”
- The Business Times, Singapore, “Leveraging Data to Drive a 20% YOY Increase in Views”
- Maldita.es, Madrid, Spain, “La Buloteca: Transforming Newsroom Operations Through Collaborative Verification and Data-Driven Workflows”
- Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, Sweden, “How Svenska Dagbladet Reinvented Its Newsroom”
- United Daily News Group, New Taipei City, Taiwan, “Publish X, Institutionalising Editorial Judgment”
Category 20: Best Use of Visual Journalism and Storytelling Tools
Regional/Local Brand
- Le Devoir, Montréal, Canada, “Are Songs Getting Shorter These Days?”
- Diario Sur/Agencia Colpisa (Vocento), Madrid, Spain, “The Difficult Task of Buying a House, Even If You Win El Gordo”
- A Gazeta, Vitória, Brazil, “River of Mud and Struggle”
- Göteborgs-Posten, Gothenburg, Sweden, “Chats of Power”
- Oxpeckers Center for Investigative Environmental Journalism, Mbombela, South Africa, “The Oxpeckers Geojournalism Initiative: Powering Investigative Transparency in Resource Transition and Global Environmental Crime”
National/International Brands
- La Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina, “How a Weapons Factory Was Blown Up in Argentina”
- Politiken, Copenhagen, Denmark, “The Iterative Storytelling Model”
- Reuters, Singapore, “The Lives Lost in Gaza”
- South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, “Tai Po inferno: Hong Kong’s Deadliest Fire in Decades”
- The Straits Times, Singapore, “Singapore’s Landscape is Constantly Evolving. Here Are Some Changes to Come”
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